Definition

pressure (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

from G2346 (θλίβω);

Word family

• θλίβω thlíbō

How the KJV renders it

• afflicted(-tion)
• anguish
• burdened
• persecution
• tribulation
• trouble

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.